Karnataka

New Delhi, Aug 30: Outgoing Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi on Wednesday objected to linking religion with terrorism, saying there is no colour to terror and it is not right to describe it as "saffron" or any other colour. Mehrishi, who will demit office on Thursday, also said Pakistan was fomenting trouble in Jammu and Kashmir but dismissed the theory that Kashmiris feel alienated as a "concept of

Mumbai, Aug 30: Lt Col Prasad Purohit, one of the accused in 2008 Malegaon saffron terror attack, has got his uniform back. Col Purohit was granted bail by the Supreme Court, last week. Soon after his release from the Tàloja central jail in Raigad district, he reported to the Colaba Military Station in Mumbai. Col Purohit, an officer of the Maratha Light Infantry, he was later assigned to Military

Mangaluru, Aug 30: The internal bickering in Congress has come to fore once again in Dakshina Kannada with former Mangaluru City North MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty lashing out at minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai. Shetty, who knew Rai since his college days, claimed in an interview that the latter was in Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal before joining Congress party.

Udupi, Aug 30: Along with education, people should have practical knowledge of conducting businesses and handling various situations to lead a stable life, said D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmathala. He was speaking at the installation ceremony of office-bearers of Pragati Bandu Self Help Groups (SHGs) here. There are 4,050 SHGs with 139 federations under the Sri Kshetra

New Delhi, Aug 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will resume hearing the Aadhaar case in the first week of November, after Attorney General K K Venugopal informed the apex court that the Centre will extend the deadline to furnish Aadhaar details to avail benefits of various social welfare schemes till December 31. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said there was no urgency to

Udupi, Aug 30: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said that Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts were in the second place after Bengaluru Urban district in terms of development according to a survey. Speaking at the installation ceremony of office-bearers of Pragati Bandu Self Help Groups (SHGs) here, he said: “This has been possible only because of

Bengaluru, Aug 30: Eight MLCs, including Congress’ R B Timmapur who is a strong contender for a ministerial berth, are found to have submitted false information to vote in Bengaluru mayoral election last year. A “factual report” submitted by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), found that the MLCs submitted false information to get their names

Bengaluru, Aug 30: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the assassination of Kannada writer Prof M M Kalburgi seems to have hit a dead-end. It has been two years since Prof Kalburgi was shot dead at his Kalyananagar house in Dharwad on August 30, 2015. The lone satisfaction for the CID in the last two years is the ‘conclusion’ that the two assailants who shot dead rationalists

Sakleshpur, Aug 30: Passengers of Bengaluru-Mangaluru Kudla Express were held up for more than nine hours due to a landslide on the Sakleshpur-Kukke Subramanya line in the ghat section, on Tuesday afternoon. The train was forced to halt near Shiribagilu for more than nine hours in the forest, due to a landslip on the 85th km on the railway track. Due to the landslide, Mysuru Division of South

Mangaluru, Aug 29: District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Tuesday said that he will lead a peace march — Samarasyakkagi Nadige, from Farangipete to Maani in Bantwal taluk on September 12. Mr. Rai told presspersons here that the walk is aimed at ushering in peace in the region that witnessed disturbances recently. It would be an apolitical rally; but he would not like participation either